(Photo by Justin Brester)
Inside Line Promotions – ELMA, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2016) – Henry Van Dam captured his fourth podium finish of the season on Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway.
The night began with Van Dam qualifying seventh quickest around the 3/8-mile oval.
“The track was pretty quick and I didn’t get nearly aggressive enough,” he said. “I knew I left a bunch on the table.”
That lined him up on the pole of a heat race.
“I got a good start and moved around a little bit,” he said. “Colton (Heath) was able to peek inside of me. He passed me in the corner, but I got a better run off the corner. I got around him and then got comfortably in the lead.”
Van Dam won the heat race. Unfortunately, the No. 6 was drawn for the feature inversion and Van Dam missed making the inversion by only one spot. That lined him up on seventh for the 25-lap main event.
“We weren’t that good to start,” he said. “I passed a car and gave it back. I did that for the first 10 laps. I just floundered around where I was at. I was able to get the wing back and start running some better lines. I started picking some guys off. You could really only slide guys in turns one and two. That’s where I got it all done one by one. About Lap 16 we had a restart and a bolt came out of the nose wing and it pulled it back. I thought we had something for the leader even with that problem. We had a restart on Lap 20 and I was able to just get inside him, but wasn’t able to clear him.”
Van Dam ended with a runner-up result for the second time this season.
QUICK RESULTS –
Aug. 6 – Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash. – Qualifying: 7; Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 2 (7).
SEASON STATS –
21 races, 1 win, 7 top fives, 13 top 10s, 13 top 15s, 14 top 20s
UP NEXT –
TBD
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.HenryVanDam.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanDamRacing
APPAREL –
Van Dam has t-shirts available for sale at his race trailer and at Enumclaw Xpress Lube.
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“Clems Enumclaw Powersports makes sure our needs are taken care of getting around the pit area,” Van Dam said. “I’m very grateful for their support of the race team.”
Van Dam would also like to thank Kovash Logging, Johansen Excavating, Highmark Concrete Contractors, Northwest Welding & Fabrication, Enumclaw Xpress Lube, Les Schwab Tire of Enumclaw, A.R.T. Speed Equipment, Van Dam Dairy, Village Green Resort, Factory Kahne, D&L Equipment Repair, Zender Equipment, Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet, Bob and Joan Shumway, Kellan and Kelsey Hall, Foothills Auto Supply, American Powder Coating, Pete Vos, Char’s Barber Shop, Wesmar Race Engines, SpeedMart, Van Dam Farms and Rich Van Dam Dairy for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Aug 07, 2016
- Article Date: 8/7/2016 by Inside Line Promotions